‘Major Lack of Transparency’: Trump Administration Mum About Immigration Enforcement in Las Vegas Valley

Local police join ICE deportation force in record numbers despite warnings program lacks oversight

This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with Arizona Luminaria.

‘Major lack of transparency’: Trump administration mum about immigration enforcement in Las Vegas Valley

The Trump administration hasn’t offered concrete data about how the numbers break down regionally, and hasn’t confirmed reports of enforcement operations in Las Vegas.

Local police join ICE deportation force in record numbers despite warnings program lacks oversight - AZ Luminaria

This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with Arizona Luminaria.Since the start of President Donald Trump’s second term, U.S. immigration officials have deputized a record number of local police to function as deportation agents, despite repeated warnings from government watchdogs since 2018 that the program does not adequately train and oversee officers.This expansion of the 287(g) Program is being drive…

Local Police Join ICE Deportation Force in Record Numbers Despite Warnings Program Lacks Oversight

ICE officials tout an unprecedented expansion of its 287(g) Program, driven by agreements that allow local officers to function as deportation agents during routine policing. But advocates warn such agreements come at a high cost to communities.

Local Police Join ICE

From Propublica: Local Police Join ICE Deportation Force in Record Numbers Despite Warnings Program Lacks Oversight: "The administration's resurrection of a previously abandoned task force model empowering local officers to question individuals' immigration status during traffic stops and other routine policing. At least 315 departments have signed on to the more aggressive approach, which Immigration and Customs Enforcement [had previously] aba…